It may seem odd to many of us, a Muslim woman holding AK-47, but Aceh has a tradition of female fighters.

Zaitun is a veteran in the Aceh Merdeka movement. She has joined the force because many of her family members and friends were killed. Zaitun is...

Hijab has been very wrongly interpreted by the Muslims. They regard it as a dress which covers every part of women body except eyes. But the truth is that the word hijab has nothing to do with the dress. Because of the wrong interpretation of the word,...

How could anyone say that Islam does not differentiate with women when men are permitted polygamy, there are still cases of female genital mutilation(FGM). But then before labeling Islam as an anti- women religion one must give a look on the teachings...

Non- Muslims regard Islam as anti- women. It is viewed as a religion which is a man dominating, with women having no identity of their own. Women are just the slave of men and are treated as sexual objects.

But these charges against Islam are not...

It’s wrong to say that Islam does not allow women to participate in politics.

According to the Quran(60:12), Muhammad was told that when the believing women would come to him and swear their loyalty towards Islam then he must accept their oath....

The Muslim women have the privilege to work or start the business of their own. This is what Quran states in Verse 4:34.

The Quran gives men the responsibility of guardianship as they are physically stronger than women. Not only this the holy book...

The Verse 4:32 of Quran has always been controversial. Many experts has judged the Verse in their own way. In this regard I find the comment of Sheikh Muhammad ‘Abduh very silly. According to him wife must not receive male strangers nor they must accept...

According to Verse 33:35 in the Quran there is no difference between men and women as far as the rights are concerned. Both men and women are paid equally for their good and bad deeds. Even the expression ‘believing men and women’ in the Verse clearly...

Verse 2:222-223 of the Quran has been wrongly interpreted by many scholars. They abuse the Verse by interpreting that Quran does not permit menstruating women to perform religious practices. But if one would carefully examine the Verse then will find...

It appears to me that it has become a trend to put false allegations on Islam. I read how The Skeptic’s Annotated Quran has leveled charges against Islam by saying that Quran permits polygamy.

The Verse are wrongly interpreted. The Verse is in...